grep the shit.md

grep examples that don't suck, er, they're so simple they kinda suck

Minimal use cases

In these examples, the is the string we're searching for.

Search one file

grep the README.md

Search files in current directory, non-recursive

grep the *

Search files in current directory, recursive

grep -r the *

Search case insensitive

grep -i the *

Search and only display the file name results

grep -l the *

Search files in current directory, recursive, exclude certain folders

grep -r --exclude-dir={.git,node_modules,dist} the *

Display additional lines in output

grep -A 7 foo # shows 7 lines after match

grep -B 7 foo # shows 7 lines before match

grep -C 7 foo # shows 7 lines before & after match

Complex use cases

Case-insensitive recursive search in current directory, ommit unwanted folders, report the filenames only

grep -rli --exclude-dir={node_modules,spec,.node-gyp,dist,public,tmp,vendor,.next} foo ./

Resources

• grep man
• https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+use+grep

Random Pastes

find . -name *.ts | xargs grep datSearchTerm